<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by idahost:
It's my best guess that if you have summer plans in Europe, make those award reservations now. Am I right to assume that if the award levels are based on what Starwood pays the hotels, the fall of the dollar and the rise of the Euro is bound to increase European (and Australian) levels. Even the Brazilian Real is down 25% from last year.
William, when do these changes in hotel levels actually occur.
[This message has been edited by idahost (edited Jan 05, 2004).]</font>
FYI... Last year, I seem to remember discussions about how the good folks at SPG honored points for reservations already made (for a period of time into the future, since it would be basically unfair for Starwood to change the points required for a reservation made by a loyal customer planning a vacation in good conscience).